EVOLUTION OF PATIENT-CARE, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH IN ASTHMA BY ONE ACADEMIC TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS OVER 35 YEARS - THE NORTHWESTERN-UNIVERSITY MEDICAL-SCHOOL DIVISION OF ALLERGY-IMMUNOLOGY EXPERIENCE .1.

This report reviews approximately 35 years of patient care, teaching, and research on asthma in one academic unit at Northwestern University Medical School. Historical perspectives are summarized on the deliver y of care for asthma, therapeutic regimens for asthma we believed in ( and were wrong), and diagnosis and management in the last decade of th is century. Particular problems, such as potentially fatal asthma and assessment and management of such problems, are discussed. Finally, ce rtain aspects of our basic research programs and their relevance to as thma are briefly reviewed. An outline of contents is shown in Table I.